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<br />o <br />,...~ <br />,-i. <br />~ <br />.-l <br /> <br />l.he dffstr~:',1m AXi3.1 Rcservo~t.. Ir~ a~-1\,iU.5on L") the: abov{" ii'- :(J[~('(~ <br /> <br />fishing opportunities the Sr:ate of CCiL-,:-::~~o i~~'s recentL~'- :.( '~,'!r-J'_~'; .: <br /> <br />fishing reservoir on Bii Beaver C~eck n0ar ::t~ confluencs !)~ ~he <br /> <br />~orth and South Forks. <br /> <br />Fish species common to the area inci \ldc> P.?linho'\vJ Bi",..;ok. <br /> <br />Cutthroat, and Brown trout and whitefish. <br /> <br />F:cLnbc.t..~ t;.hGj"::. ; ;.~:) ;:: tl~,C;-' c' <br /> <br />in the major streams where they are O;)(:D. co the p.;:b l j c rT'd j ,"I ;) ig ~~Q - ,JeT <br /> <br />.Jnd Axial Reservoir. Trout s?ecies arc norm3..i.ly fished for c;~',r:..ng t.;-;,'~ <br /> <br />summer months and whitefish between Dcecli'~er .cmd :;arch. <br /> <br />t>,.~ <br />Surrounding the Meeker area -i:-s 80:-;")(' of the finest de(~i: t!nd <br /> <br />(~lk hunting areas in Colorado. The Pl.oject aIN(;3 covers rOTf i.':X1S of <br /> <br />five big-g<1.me management ar(!HS) bue pOt't: 1'..BiS of thre(~ of l:hi:::;~' e:.lC'O',l\: -.~._;S <br /> <br />" I" <br />tbe bulk of the projects driectly aff0cted ~r~a, During l~67 th~"0 <br /> <br />i:llrec management units reporLed kills of 1)l&9,~ elk and L)3G8 deer <br /> <br />[rom the hunting efforts of 4,029 and 7 J 268 (~lk and deer hu,-~t',:~rs ~~csl :.::ct:- <br /> <br />ively. Ne1Jlly all the deer and elk hunting occurred in arc,{s out:;i,:c <br /> <br />the proposed project service area, hO\oJcver some of the ganic anj.mals <br /> <br />winter in and adjacent to these areas. <br /> <br />Elk and deer summer in the higher elevat'lons of the WC,}t,:, Riv,,;: <br /> <br />?lateau near the potential sites of t\.lO project reservoirs. Summp....~ <br /> <br />food in these areas is plentiful. <br /> <br />During the fall, the <br /> <br />1 . <br />.Jl[;-ga.:1le <br /> <br />aaimals migrate to the lower elevations in and adjac.ent ~0 the l"icel;.f'):- <br /> <br />area where they spend the winter. Hinter hrhitat at th0se .0\1e'c <br /> <br />elevations is in short suppl.y for big-g~l~~C ~nimQls. The sh0rl:~gc of <br /> <br />,::inter feed is multiplied when periodic hc:.lvy sno>:.Y's dr:;..vc tl,:' g':1i.,i":- <br /> <br />.Animals down in the rural a:~cas in search of winter feed. '.'L, :1;~6(\ c1.;'; Cd,.:' to <br /> <br />che State are common during these periods, <br />